Netmeeting replacement in Windows 7

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This has probably been "done to death" but I did a search for netmeeting on this forum and got no hits. Right now we are using Netmeeting's Remote Desktop Sharing feature to assist us when helping users on our network. It has proven to be a very useful tool that our IT department uses on an almost daily basis. What I like about Netmeeting is it is very easy to set up RDS when I get a new Windows XP (we haven't made the move to Vista) workstation ready to replace one on the "shop floor". Now I'm testing Windows 7 and I was wondering what the concensus (if any) on what to use when the move to Windows 7 is made, as I don't think MS is going to let us slide anymore with XP, for RDS in a mixed environment (XP, Windows 7, Server 2003)?

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Doing a quick search for "netmeeting replacement" brought up a lot of useful hits in Google. Several people recommended Meeting Spaces, Live Messanger, Collaboration, etc. (Pardon me if I got any names wrong, no sleep last night and a severe infection, my head all wobbly.)

To be clear, what you're trying to do is application sharing? User is trying to do something, but can't quite figure it out. You want to remote into their machine, while they're still logged in. Once you're logged in, you see their screen similar to how remote desktop works, but they can still see the screen and control the mouse and keyboard if they want. You then go through the steps to show them how to do what they want. Once you done, you log out and the user's desktop is all "normal" again.

Right? If so, the latest windows messanger program would probably be best. It runs on all platforms of Windows and allows desktop sharing. Granted, I haven't used it personally, just saying from what I read. Also I think you might need a Windows Live server in your domain.

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Office Communications Server might not be that expensive. If your company has licensed the Enterprise version of Office, it already comes with a Client Access License for Communicator.

That makes the price of OCS only $700 (for the server), even if you have thousands of clients.

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I use Microsoft SharedView It works great in VISTA and it's very easy to use.

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I use SharedView when doing over the web training. It allows the other user to highlight and point to things with their own mouse so you can see what they are talking about.

It's free and has worked very well. The only downside is that all participants must have a Live account (free) in order to start or join sessions.

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Windows Collaboration